October 6, 2008
A royal proclamation
Ian wishes for it to be known that he is once more King of the Castle.
Unauthorized pacifier heists, as well as attempts by sisters to inflict bodily harm upon his personage will no longer be tolerated.
Explorations of his kingdom have recommenced with his returning energy.
He also pleads for clemency for any little acts of mischief that might accompany his recently regained good humor.
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September 30, 2008
In 20/20 hindsight...
...Joanna realized that plopping Elanor into the bath with Ian-who had just vomited and was not about to leave that action in the past tense-was not the best parenting decision she has made to date.
I'll just leave that story at "ewwwwwww."
A lot of things have gone into the laundry today. Unfortunately, not even bilingual bunny escaped the fray, and I don't think he can go in the washer. Gave him a good scrub, and hope that'll take care of it.
This is not a shining day in the annals of parenthood. Or babyhood, at least for Ian, poor, wee man.
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September 5, 2008
Giddyap!
Yeehaw!!
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September 2, 2008
Ian & The Ministry of Silly Talks
Ian has developed a falsetto voice.
It's not shrieky at all, it's high and sweet like a boy's choir, but with a vein of humor running through it.
He uses it to make his sister laugh.
And to "narrate" his day.
Just thought I'd share...
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August 29, 2008
Little maestro
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August 22, 2008
Ian on the war-path
Ian: There's nothing I like better than pulling a bunch of books off the shelf. My silly sister thinks books are for reading. I know better. Books are for making piles. And for eating if there isn't any carpet fuzz handy.
Okay. Almost through with this shelf.
What to do next? What to do?
Ahhhh....I see a camera! Here I come!!
Almost there...
Got it!
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August 17, 2008
Happy boy!
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August 14, 2008
News of the week
Now, not only can Ian pull himself up to standing on almost anything around the house--couch, chair, bookcase, he can also walk/scooch himself all the way up and down the edge of the couch. To mommy. To his overalls on the couch with yummy metal clasps. Back to mommy again. For half an hour.
Also, he engineers ways to get higher on the couch, perhaps to grab the thing out of his reach that he's not supposed to touch, phone, remote, etc. He'll push an object, like his toy keyboard, up to the edge of the couch and then stand on top of that to get that extra little bit of height needed to reach the Forbidden Object.
Crazy boy.
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July 16, 2008
Ian the Intrepid
Tim and Joanna: Lately we've been grappling with the ramifications of having a mobile kid. Gone are the days when we can leave Ian on the couch or in his swing. Or pretty much anywhere in the house without close supervision...
Upward, or should I say horizontal mobility does have its drawbacks though. It's a long way from our living room to our kitchen and sometimes Ian makes the journey (dragging his tummy on the carpet) to the kitchen expecting to see one of us there. Then when he occassionally finds that no one is there, he bewails his lonely and desolate fate.
For the longest time, Ian would crawl to the edge of the kitchen and stop. He would lay there, head on his hands, pondering the border between one environment and the next. Sometimes he would gingerly put one hand over the edge, and then draw it back, only to ruminate some more. Should he cross over, or shouldn't he? What terrors or delights await for him in the Unknown Land of Kitchen? Is not the whiteness of the linoleum analagous to the whiteness of the whale haunting Ahab? Or perhaps it is a tabula rasa awaiting the handprints of the ever-exploring philosopher?
Stay tuned for further adventures of Ian the Intrepid!
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July 8, 2008
Mouth Strumming
This has been a source of endless amusement lately--for us and them. Enjoy!
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July 5, 2008
More 4th Fun!
Elanor wore a festive bow (her first).
Ian found his favorite perch--an uncle's head!
Their cousin gave them dolls. Actually, these three look like little dolls all in a row.
Ian loved his boy dolly.
Maybe later I'll post some outtakes!
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July 4, 2008
Ian n Elanor sez
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June 27, 2008
Babies laugh
In case the sound of laughter might brighten up someone's day...
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The Pacifier Swap
Remember this?
The pacifier games get more elaborate as time goes on. Sometimes we can't even keep track of whose is whose.
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June 22, 2008
Cousins!
Recently, our kids got to meet their cousin Andrew and their dear aunt.
Ian loved snuggles with his Aunty.
The kids had lots of play time with their cousin. They played together on the floor. In the pool. On grandpa's lap. And so on.
This one pacifier got passed around to all three kids.
Spit-cousins instead of blood-brothers?
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Saturday in the park
Yesterday, we took the kids to a little local park.
Among our recent realizations as parents is that many of our activities are going to revolve around our kids' activities from now on. I know, pretty obvious. But going to the park and watching the geese hasn't been on our top to-do-list in the recent past. But now, it's one of the fun perks of parenting. Anyways.
While we were at the park, we took the inevitable two-in-one-swing pictures. A twin forum Joanna is on had a whole series of these pictures awhile ago, and we're just now catching up. Enjoy!
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7 months
The kiddos have made some huge developmental jumps lately.
Elanor loves sitting up. She can sit up for 15 minutes at a time at this point. If she falls backwards, she's fine. But if she topples forward, she gets stuck and cries for help. She's also started rolling all the way over, though she still does what we've named her "yo-yo-roll," in which she rolls three-quarters of the way over, grabs whatever toy she wanted, and unrolls herself back to the original position.
Not only does he still roll all over the place, Ian crawls. He crawls mostly with one hand, so he looks like a man dying of thirst in the desert inching his way towards the oasis.
Ian likes exploring the broad landscape of our living room. Elanor likes grabbing one toy and studying its minutest detail. Ian is never still. Elanor doesn't mind sitting and chatting, or playing quietly.
Ian got to sit in the big boy seat of the shopping cart for the first time this past week, grinning almost the whole time. He looked like a midshipman manning his mast, keeping a lookout for specials of the week as we cruised down the aisles.
They both talk up a storm. Once we figure out our new computer, we'll post a video of their favorite oral past-time: humming while we strum their mouths. Elanor will even strum her own mouth, using her entire arm to do it. Their other favorite thing to say is "dadadadadadada...," which causes Tim no small amount of satisfaction. Joanna, on the other hand, secretly squishes together their lips to teach them how to say "mamamamamama..."
We've also realized that we've stepped into a whole new world of parenting with two fully mobile babies, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms.
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June 18, 2008
Ian's Father's Day present
He started crawling on Sunday evening. With a lot of belly dragging, but still crawling all over the place.
He's unstoppable now!
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June 9, 2008
Turning the table
Should I be a little nervous that my six month old can flip over a table?
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May 28, 2008
Happy boy!
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May 5, 2008
Baby wedgie
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Help--I've rolled and I can't get up!
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April 22, 2008
rasslin'
I heard an angry cry from Elanor and rushed into the living room to find this.
It's WWF baby style! Ian the Enforcer is hulking up with his no holds barred approach. Will Elanor the Baby Faced Diva pull a two-and-a-half count or is she busted open? Is this flat back bump the end of her wrestling career, or will she come back with a flair flip? Stay tuned next time...
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April 8, 2008
Ian the Independent
"I want to hold it myself!"
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April 2, 2008
Grabbing grandpa's beard
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March 19, 2008
Ian intensely indulges his interest
Okay, I know the controversy over kids and TV, so we don't let him do it much. But he's so darn cute! Sometimes he even sits there conversing with the characters, "Ooo. Ooo. Ooo. Awooayoo."
Plus, if the TV's on, it doesn't matter what way we place him, he finds a way to see it.
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March 14, 2008
Much reading is a weariness to the flesh
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March 4, 2008
Our little Linus
Ian loves to cling to things. Clothing. Hair. Flesh.
Ouch.
So, we recently introduced him and Elanor to blankies. Elanor was mildly interested. He adores his.
Notice the difference between these two photos. In the first, I have just given him the blanket. His face is tense. His fingers clench it nearly to the point of white knuckles.
Moments later, Ian is calm.
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February 20, 2008
Ian & Elanor Celebrate
Ian: Why do they have us dressed up in our adorably coordinating duds?
Elanor: I think it's for our third month anniversary.
Ian: I'll toast to that [with non-alcoholic milk]!
Elanor: And I'll second the motion!!
Later on...
Elanor: Woohoo!!
Elanor: Yeah, baby!!
Ian: Are you sure there wasn't anything in that "milk" they gave you?
Ian: Put that arm down. This is embarassing both of us.
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February 11, 2008
Poll: Who does Ian resemble?
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January 17, 2008
Ian's first smiles
They're so ephemeral that they're hard to capture on film, but here are our first attempts!
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